Friday, July 31, 2009

Turn Down the Heat!

If you've wondered where I was this week, I was desperately trying to beat the heat...to no avail! Some of you may have heard we set record temps this week in the greater Seattle area! Tuesday and Wednesday were the worst. On Wednesday at 11pm it was still over 90 degrees inside the house! Most of us don't have air conditioning, so just imagine 90-103 degrees outside - and inside!! Mr. Squash and I were happy to have a few hours everyday at work in air conditioned offices, but coming home was a nightmare!

For Miss Sophie, it was even worse. I would either "pet" her with an ice cube hourly, or rub her down with a very wet towel to keep her from getting heat-stroke!

Here she is today, having just woken up from a pleasant nap in a sunbeam. We're in the 70's today and it will only warm up to the low 80's over the weekend. Thank goodness! I haven't had the energy to do any sewing this week, but I hope to have a few things to show you after the weekend. Stay tuned!

I hear your pain of heat...the years we spent in Europe were without A/C. They do get toasty summer days...so much so that people do die from it! Plus I'm sure folks who live in your area live there because they don't particularly care for real hot weather!

I hope it's a little cooler there now Candace! We have had a particularly cool and wet summer, it hasn't even gotten to 100 degrees one day (and we usually have several days around there in the summer). Our hottest day has been in the low 90's and this last week we even had a couple of days in the 60's. I LOVE it, cause we don't have air either!

I am happy to say we survived the heat wave...not fun..I was beginning to have withdrawals from not sewing..I actually had to close windows this morning at 6 when I got up because it was so chilly in the house. Hope it is all behind us now..Louise

I'm a post behind. re; hallow'een using invisifil. Have you tried YLI silk? It would be beautiful for a project like this. Even MasterPiece 100% ctn would also just sink into the fabric. Not affiliated, just like and use these threads. It's lovely and I love the back. p.s. bought my $3 bunch of lavender on H St yesterday and thought of you ;-)

Gosh, at least we have air conditioning, but I can imagine! We used to live in the Bay Area and there were usually one or two times a year when it would get up to the high 90s and we'd be miserable--we'd usually go up to SF to escape the heat for a few hours. I'm glad to hear it's better now!

That is just crazy! I've been hearing about your hot weather lately. I too, worry about the poor pets, who aren't used to this. It's not as if they can take off their fur. Good luck! Enjoy the cooler weather this week.

We do have central air but I'm a bit stingy with it. There really isn't any reason to have it on non-stop. In the evenings it cools off some so we open the windows and turn on fans. Then we close the windows in the morning to keep the heat out. Some days I don't even turn it on. Other days it goes on in the evening. Over the years I've learned how to use it when we need it and suffer a tiny bit when we don't need it. It was rather hot last night though, and it wasn't as comfortable sleeping as it had been. I would love to have days in the 70s-80s.